Telus health in Canda: Cisco Canada: "In the space of one year, many health-care executives have gone from being unsure about wireless as a primarily delivery mode for network access to clinical and administrative applications to being convinced it's the route to go." Calgary Herald

Lactic acid monitoring: Echo Therapeutics, which has developed a wireless, non-invasive transdermal continuous blood glucose monitoring system, announced plans to create a similar sensor that continuously monitors lactate for clinical care and sports medicine use cases. Release

Patient safety alerts: GE's healthymagination "smart patient room" pilot at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown, New York is now operational. Through the use of various sensors and other mechanisms, the pilot aims to increase physician compliance with various patient safety measures. Healthcare IT News

Mobile security: VA reports missing laptops and BlackBerry devices lost during the summer. It also vows to step up its security measures in an effort to prevent future losses. iHealthBeat

Sri Lanka: Mobile phone disease surveillance program helps reduce spread of infectious disease in Sri Lanka. Hindu Business Line | Fast Company

The CS40: Intermec unveils a ruggedized smartphone device for the healthcare and manufacturing industries. eWeek

Don't say older physicians have technology adoption issues: This 100-year-old physician said the iPhone is now important to his practice:

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